Hi lovelies. I’f you’re like me, you can’t ‘pants’ a novel – that is, write one by the seat of your pants. I have to know where my novel is going so that I can actually see the end – I’m a ‘plotter’. With NaNoWriMo around the corner, I’m going to share some tips onContinue reading “Top 5 Tips for NaNoWriMo Preparation”
Tag Archives: National Novel Writing Month
Interview with Olsen Jay Nelson
Last November I did an interview with Olsen Jay Nelson’s awesome sci-fi blog about my debut novel, The Edge of Darkness, what with it being a NaNo novel and all that (National Novel Writing Month – held annually in November). Olsen’s decided to take his blog in a new direction and as such, has givenContinue reading “Interview with Olsen Jay Nelson”
NaNoWriMo Day 6: A Busy Little Bumble Bee (And I’m Being Interviewed! 2)
I’m being interviewed at Olsen Jay Nelson’s blog talking about The Edge of Darkness and NaNoWriMo! Go check it out. Word count goal: 10,002 Achievement: 10,075. I didn’t write a post yesterday because I didn’t make the word count. I missed it by about 200 words. My fiancée and I went out in the afternoon to socialise (for GuyContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 6: A Busy Little Bumble Bee (And I’m Being Interviewed! 2)”
NaNoWriMo Day 4: The First Hurdle
Word count goal: 6668 Achievement: 7464. I realised something as I struggled to write a scene. It was a scene where two people who know each other but don’t know each other very well attempt to get to know each other better with a hint of romance but oh-no-we-can’t-do-this-because-you’re-a-demon-and-I’m-a-demon-hunter. And every first attempt to writeContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 4: The First Hurdle”
NaNoWriMo Day 3: The Issue Of Race
My first novel, The Edge of Darkness, had a heroine of Filipino descent. She was the daughter of immigrants to Australia. I’m hyper aware of the issue of race. In my writing, the race issue if often softened because above being Filipino, Max was Australian. Australia is a very diverse country. At least 20% ofContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 3: The Issue Of Race”
Lissa Bilyk 